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{useful book} 4th Edition Intercultural Communication An advanced resource book for students

09/04/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Author(s) Biography Adrian Holliday is a professor of applied linguistics at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Martin Hyde is an international education consultant. John Kullman is a sessional lecturer in applied linguistics at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Book Description Intercultural Communication provides a critical introduction to the dynamic arena of communication across different cultural and social strata. Throughout this book, topics are revisited, […]

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{New Book} Pedagogical Translanguaging: Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Perspectives

13/03/2021 Jing Wang Leave a comment

Edited by: Päivi Juvonen, Marie Källkvist Summary:With increasing mobility of people across the world, there is a pressing need to develop evidence-based teaching practices that lead to high-quality education, which serves the needs of inclusive societies and social and epistemic justice. This book presents cutting-edge qualitative case-study research across a range of educational contexts, research-method contributions and theory-oriented chapters […]

{new issue} ELT Research February 2021 Issue 36

17/02/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Link About IATEFL Research SIG The IATEFL Research SIG (ReSIG) is a unique forum for the discussion of issues connected with research into (or relating to) ELT, bringing together teachers, teacher-researchers, teacher educators and researchers from around the world. In this active community, members share their experiences of research, as well as findings from and interpretations of research, and network […]

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{new volume} Innovations and trends in early foreign language context

03/02/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Link Research Papers in Language Teaching & Learning (RPLTL) The new volume of the online academic journal “Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning”, which is a Special Issue on “Innovations and trends in early foreign language context”, with guest editor Assoc. Prof. Thomai Alexiou, has been published on the website http://rpltl.eap.gr/. You will find it in the “current issue ” section.

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{publish with IJLTS} international journal of linguistics and translation studies

25/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS AND TRANSLATION STUDIES Publish process: Manuscripts submitted to IJLTS go through an internal review and if they meet the basic requirements, they are sent out for double blind review from experts in the field, either from the editorial board or identified reviewers. Comments from the external reviewers are sent to the authors and […]

{new book} Intercultural Competence Past, Present and Future Respecting the Past, Problems in the Present and Forging the Future

24/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Intercultural Competence Past, Present and Future Respecting the Past, Problems in the Present and Forging the Future Explores the benefits of teaching reflection upon one’s own culture to develop intercultural competence Sheds light on teacher’s feedback and students’ cultural differences and expectations Shows the closeness between language learning motivation and interculturality Editors: López-Jiménez, María Dolores, Sánchez-Torres, Jorge (Eds.) About this book: This […]

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{interesting webinar} Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics

15/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistics Time: Thu, Feb 4, 2021 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM GMT Show in My Time Zone Join Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter as they talk about their book Introducing Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Approaches. To register: http://Ask Joyce Bruhn de Garavito and John Schwieter about Introducing Linguistic […]

{Interesting book} The essential guide to doing your research project

13/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project FOURTH EDITION Zina O’Leary – The Australia and New Zealand School of Government The new edition of Zina O’Leary’s practical book is filled with guidance for tackling research in the real world, taking the reader through how to approach every stage of the research project. The new edition includes: Print and online […]

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{interesting article} Written by Jeremy Slagoski & Published in Korea TESOL Journal

06/01/2021 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

The Culture Learning of Sojourning English Language Teachers Korea TESOL Journal Jeremy Slagoski University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Abstract: This qualitative study was designed to explore the culture learning of sojourning English language teachers (ELTs) in Japan and South Korea. Qualitative research methods were used to design the study and to collect the data. Using Holliday’s Host Culture Complex model […]

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{Call for Chapters} Understanding Rural Education (Bill Reynolds, Series Editor)

04/01/2021 Jing Wang Leave a comment

Call for chapters in Understanding Rural Education (Bill Reynolds, Series Editor),a new volume in the book series: English Language Education in Rural Contexts: Theory, Research, and Practices. The deadline for abstracts is Feb. 1st, and full chapter deadline is June 1st. Possible topics might address one or more of the following (but not limited to these topics): · Effectiveness of […]

{Interesting article} Cultural descriptions as political cultural acts: an exploration

30/12/2020 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

Good morning, everyone. Here is an online article written by Adrian Holliday (2010) and published at Language and Intercultural Communication you may be interested. Please click the link to download: Cultural descriptions as political cultural acts: an exploration

{NEW BOOK} Byram’s ICC revisited

24/12/2020 Richard Fay Leave a comment

Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited Michael Byram ISBN: 9781800410237 Published: 8th Dec 2020 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Availability: Available (recent release) Price: £21.95 This revised edition of Michael Byram’s classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. Beginning from the premise that foreign and second language teaching […]

{Research report} Hybrid learning in language teaching organisations

21/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

I’m happy to share a research report on a collaborative project on hybrid learning with our MA alumna (Sophia Mavridi who is now a digital learning specialist and lecturer in English teaching at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK) involved in. In her report on the hybrid classroom, the new teaching methods emerged during COVID-19 are addressed. In order to […]

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{New Book} Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy From Theory to Practice

15/12/2020 Xian Zhao Leave a comment

New Book From Cambridge University Press, Here is the link to this book: Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy from Theory to Practice Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy From Theory to Practice Author: Zsuzsanna I. Abrams, University of California, Santa Cruz PUBLISHED: August 2020 ‘This is an excellent and comprehensive read on the topic of intercultural communication, with very useful teaching […]

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11/12/2020 Jing Wang Leave a comment

ELT Journal is known as an international journal for TESOL teachers. In in this volume, it discusses English as a lingua franca and language teaching (mainly about reflection). This volume gets some very positive reviews and may be of pedagogical implications. If you want to know more about the articles involved in detail, please have a look at this […]

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